NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XIX, Issue 6424, 20 June 1882, Page 5

NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS.

[from our own correspondent.] THAMES, Monday. A depotation of persons interested in the Otinui district waited on the Warden to-day with reference to the formation of a road to 4 the mines. The Warden promised to send ' the _ under-viewer, Mr. Wilson, to report officially on the mines, &c. " : [press association.] ■.: WANGANUI, Monday. A well attended meeting of persons interested in temperance was held in the City Hall this evening. Resolutions were carried unanimously in favour of a petition to Parliament against the amendment of the Licensing Act on the ground that the Act should have a fair trial. NAPIER, Monday. Judge Gillies sat in Chambers oa Saturday to settle the issues in the civil cases. In the action Gannon v. Craig, for libel, damages £2000, the Judge remarked that there was no libel, and nothing to try, and that the plaintiff could gain nothing by proceeding » further. Messrs. Brassey and McLean appeared for plaintiff, and Mr. Finn for the defendant. WELLINGTON, Monday. A Hutt train ran into a horse this morning. No damage was done to the locomotive, but the horse was terribly injured. A young man named Russell was thrown from his horse on Saturday aud had his collarbone broken in addition to a severe wound about the head. His condition is critical. • • Hall's company, after a successful season of four nights, left for Auckland this evening. Large crowds visited the Manapouri last evening to witness the display of electric light. ■ " ' CHRISTCHURCH, Tuesday. The comet was plainly seen to-night in Canterbury from many points. ; A somewhat unusual point was decided in a probate case in Chambers to-day. A deceased person's will provided that the residuary legatee should pay each of his sisters £5000, in five years, I>y instalments, but he compounded by paying them each £SSOO down, the advantage being that they could raise the money at less interest than that allowed by the will a& rebate; The point was whether the legacy duty of the daughters was to be calculated on. the sums left to them in the will, or on the amount paid down to them by their brother, the residuary legatee, who has ordered that the duty should be assessed in the lesser amount.

The Stanmore candidates are in full swing now that the writ is out, Mr. Cowlishaw and Mr. 'Pilliet both addressed a meeting to-night. The former'had a very rowdy gathering, and no vote of any kind was passed. Mr. Pilliet had an orderly meeting, and got a vote of thanks and confidence. Mr. Andrews announced that he should withdraw in Mr. Pilliet's favour.

Two wooden shops in Tuam-street were burned to-night, a stone building adjoining was damaged. The insurances are not known at present. "Mr. Napier Bell, Engineer to the Drainage Board, has returned from Tasmania. He informed the Board to-day that the nine-inch pipes were amply sufficient to carry away the excreta, and the flushing power not only was quite sufficient, hut could be increased whenever wanted. This is diametrically opposed to the arguments of the opponents of the Drainage Board operations, who argued that the sewage pipes would not do the work expected of them. The Italians in Christchurch who fought tinder Garibaldi purpose taking measures for the erection of a statue to hie memory. The Christchurch Hunt-Club have decided to hold a steeplechase meeting on July 13. The attendance at the Exhibition up to Saturday was 174,000. ' ■ '■ An experiment at lighting Lyttelton harbour with the electric light was made on Saturday evening, and found very successful. TIMARU, Monday. Three stacks of wheat at Otipua, the property of Mr. Charles Depamain, were burnt down yesterday morning. No clue has been obtained as to the cause of the fire. The stacks were insured for £300 in the. New Zealand Office. A brewery at Geraldine, belonging to Mi. Edward Harvey, was burnt last night. It was insured in the Victoria Fire and .Marine for £100. . The ship City of Perth, which stranded on May 14, was successfully towed off this afternoon by the tug Lyttelton. She will be taken to Port Chalmers to be docked. . ' DUNEDDv, Monday. The men arrested for burglary at luvercargill were remanded to appear there on Wednesday. ■ Mr. J. M. Massey has instituted proceedings, by quo, icarranto, to compel the City Council to reinstate him. in the office of Town Clerk. <■..-.•.,• ■ ' . Mr. Justice "Williams has accepted the position of president of the new City and Suburban Cricket Association. The City Guards Company -won the Union S.S. Company Cup at the Kelson rifle meeting the year before last.. The members of the company then fired among themselves for the possession, and owing to protests, disputes, and in one case an action at Jaw, the strnggle to obtain it has - continued ever since. The three members who each claimed it, agreed to fire off for it, and this has resulted in Corporal Webster beine declared the winner. Volunteer Provo, who instituted the law action for it, led until the last range of the final match, when he lost ground badly. One of the suburban Borough Councils tonight passed a resolution asking Mr. Seaton and Mr. Barron,. M.H.R.'s, to bring in an amendment of the Licensing Act to constitute local bodies the Licensing Committees. . The Mornington Wire Tramway Company has been established, with a capital of £30,000. Eight thousand shares ware taken up. At a meeting of the promoters to-day an offer was made by a financial firm to furnish the rest of the capital required. The work is expected to cost £20,000. The prospectus of an Otago Dairy Association is published. * ; •_■■' : A seven-roomed house at Tomahawk, occupied by Mr. Cpmbie, has been burned to the ground. The building was insured in the New Zealand Office, and the furniture in the National for £100. INVERCARGILL, Monday. At the next meeting of the Borough Council Mr. J. L. McDonald will move that Legislative authority be obtained for the borrowing of £25,000 to further prosecute the harbour works in the New JRiver, and for the reclamation of the foreshore adjacent to the town of Invercargill, the construction of wharfage accommodation, receiving, &c.